The last line here...is something I think everyone questions...with the millions and billions of profit levels made by the insurers, we can' divert some of those funds to the physicians that take care of us...does make one wonder what is more important...dividends or health care...is some of the shuffling robbing Peter to pay Paul...BD
Government advisers on Thursday are expected to recommend that lawmakers not increase payments to at-home health care providers for Medicare patients.
A panel of health care experts will vote on how to adjust government payments to various health care providers that participate in the federal health plan for seniors. The group submits its recommendations to Congress, where lawmakers will set payments for hospitals, physicians and other providers in 2009.
Home-care companies could be "vulnerable sources for Medicare savings," according
to a note from Citigroup analyst Paul Heldman, especially since they were expecting the Medicare program to be a profit booster this year. At the heart of the debate is how to avoid a 10 percent payment cut to physicians in Medicare, which is mandated by a complex government formula.
Democrats in the House wanted to offset the payment cut to physicians by instead reducing payments to private Medicare health plan operators, like Humana Inc. But Bush threatened to veto any bill that cuts payments to those private companies.
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